Limitations of Virtue Ethics in the Social Professions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12902177 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Clifford (Clifford Chance, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-19 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2013.804942 |
| OpenAlex | W2047021080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 38 |
The re-emergence of virtue ethics (henceforth VE) as both an academic theory and as an approach to applied ethics has contributed to the re-invigoration of ethical debate. It has encouraged reflective consideration of the nature of professionals' commitments to various values that constitute their personal and professional character, both collectively and individually. This paper argues that whilst there may be some value in the re-orientation of applied ethics towards questions of character, it has its limitations, including a tendency to be reduced rather too easily to self-serving ends that ultimately favour dominant social groups. It should therefore be treated with caution by social professionals
Applied ethics · Character (mathematics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Meta-ethics · Normative ethics · Nursing ethics · Social value orientations · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Virtue · Virtue ethics · Ethics in medical practice · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Philosophy · Social Work Education and Practice
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Evaluation as a moral practice
Chapter 11
Flourishing in Social Work Organisations
Feelings of (in)Authenticity in Social Work – A Potential Guide for Ethical Practice
Applied Ethics for Child Protection
Does gender influence children's and young people's caring? A qualitative, systematic review and meta‐ethnography
The Moral Resilience of Young People Who Care
Meticulous Thoughtfulness
Transforming Practice with Older People through an Ethic of Care
Ethics in professional life
After Virtue
The Use and Abuse of Morality
Analyzing Oppression
Virtue Ethics
Burdened Virtues
The Moral Significance of Class
Why Things Matter to People
Justice and the Politics of Difference
Professional Responsibility, Misconduct and Practical Reason
The Ambiguities of Professional and Societal Wisdom
Nothing Less than Excellence
The Deformation of Professional Formation
Ideal Theory” as Ideology
The Unhappy Marriage of Care Ethics and Virtue Ethics
Virtues and Oppression
Feminist Virtue Ethics, Happiness, and Moral Luck
Reflections on the Metavirtue of Sensitivity to Suffering
From ridicule to institutionalization
Liberation and regulation? Some paradoxes of empowerment
Social Work Values
Moral Sources and Emergent Ethical Theories in Social Work
Virtue Ethics and Social Work
Anti-oppressive practice
Professional Values and Ethics in Social Work
Virtue Ethics
The virtues of vice
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |